Over 80 young adults have gone through the 11-month program in Jackson and the Golden Triangle to become full-stack coders. We are so proud of our instructors and the young coders we’ve certified and who are now pursuing careers in technology. Attached is the annual report View Annual Report
(JACKSON, MISS.) The Mississippi Coding Academies proudly announces the expansion of their board of directors to include Dr. Nashlie Sephus of Amazon, Dr. Sarah B. Lee of University of Southern Mississippi, and Glenn McCullough, Jr., former Executive Director of the Mississippi Development Authority. Dr. Nashlie H. Sephus is the Applied Science manager for Amazon’s Artificial […]
Stephen Jones of the Mississippi Coding Academies Takes Home 3rd Place at MSU Hackathon Stephen Jones of the Mississippi Coding Academies, Golden Triangle location, was on the team that placed 3rd at BullyHack, a hackathon hosted by Mississippi State University. The hackathon took place on January 11-12 at the Colvard Student Union on MSU’s campus. BullyHack is a free hackathon […]
The article included an interview with Richard Sun and Dr. Sarah Lee, the directors of both our Jackson and Starkville training sites. It also described the need for the skills we bestow in each of the coders that participate in our program. Read the full article by visiting: https://msbusiness.com/2020/01/mississippi-coding-academies-producing-graduates-whose-talents-are-in-big-demand/
On November 22, Herbert Brown from our Jackson location spoke with J.T. Williamson, host of The J.T. Show, on SuperTalk Mississippi! During the interview Herbert shared his background and what led him to the Mississippi Coding Academies. He went into detail about our mission and what takes place day to day. During the Interview Herbert […]
We are so proud of the military veteran’s in our evening program sponsored by Comcast. We had fourteen (14) complete our front end software development certification. We honored them on November 20, 2019 during a ceremony attended by friends, family and sponsors. It was a four month process, and all of them have chosen to […]
The Mississippi Business Journal honored us by giving us one of their “Mississippi Nonprofit Awards” for 2019 at a breakfast banquet in Jackson this November. We are so proud to be recognized for our commitment to help young under served Mississippians achieve economic independence.
The coders presented the projects they have been working on to a group of local employers for feedback. Each coder was assigned to build a simulated check out kiosk using .NET Core/C#. They had to program their kiosk to accept items and then cash payments and credit card payments. They also had to interface with […]
(Jackson, Miss.) Ergon Foundation, Inc. recently announced the provision of a five-year grant to the Mississippi Coding Academies, to support the expansion of IT education in Mississippi and give-back to the community, which helps to continue developing and growing a skilled workforce in Mississippi to meet the growing employer demand for technical professionals. On September 16, […]
On Tuesday, June 25, 2019, Mississippi Coding Academies-Jackson campus invited Gaurav Somwanshi, Co-founder and CEO of Emertech Innovations, to conduct a special guest lecture on Blockchain technology. Somwanshi, a Dalai Lama Fellow, is also a Senior Consultant for the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. He is among the young, global leaders in Blockchain technology. Mississippi […]
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